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Malaa'igtii Rabbiga Oo Joogtay Bokiim

Markaasaa malaa'igtii Rabbigu waxay ka soo kacday Gilgaal oo Bokiim timid, oo waxay tidhi, Anigaa idinka soo bixiyey dalkii Masar, oo waxaan idin keenay dalkii aan ugu dhaartay awowayaashiin, oo waxaan idhi, Anigu weligay jebin maayo axdigayga aan idinla dhigtay. Idinkuna waa inaydnaan axdi la dhigan dadka dalkan deggan; oo waa inaad jejebisaan meelahooda allabariga. Laakiinse idinku ma aydnaan dhegaysan codkaygii. De haddaba maxaad sidan u yeesheen? Sidaas daraaddeed waxaa kaloo aan idhi, Hortiinna kama eryi doono iyaga, laakiinse waxay idinku noqon doonaan sida qodxan dhinacyada idinkaga jirta, oo ilaahyadooduna waxay idinku noqon doonaan dabin. Oo markay malaa'igtii Rabbigu erayadan kula hadashay reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan ayay dadkii codkoodii kor u qaadeen oo ooyeen. Oo meeshaas magaceedii waxay u bixiyeen Bokiim; oo halkaasay allabari Rabbiga ugu bixiyeen.

Caasinimadii Iyo Guuldarradii

Haddaba markii Yashuuca dadkii diray ayaa reer binu Israa'iil mid waluba u kacay dhaxalkiisii inuu hantiyo dalka. Oo dadkuna Rabbigay u adeegeen wakhtigii Yashuuca noolaa oo dhan, iyo wakhtigii odayaashii Yashuuca ka nolol dambeeyey oo dhan, kuwaasoo wada arkay kulli shuqulkii weynaa oo Rabbigu u sameeyey reer binu Israa'iil. Yashuuca oo ahaa ina Nuun oo addoonkii Rabbiga ahaa wuxuu dhintay isagoo boqol iyo toban sannadood jira. Oo waxay ku aaseen dalkii uu dhaxalka u helay oo ahaa Timnad Xeres, oo ku tiil dalkii buuraha lahaa oo reer Efrayim, oo xagga woqooyi ka xigta buurta Gacash. 10 Oo weliba dadkii qarnigaas oo dhammu waxay ku darmadeen awowayaashood; oo waxaa ka daba kacay kuwo qarni kale ah oo aan aqoon Rabbiga, ama shuqulkii uu u sameeyey reer binu Israa'iil.

11 Oo reer binu Israa'iil waxay sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku xun, oo waxay u adeegeen Bacaliimka. 12 Wayna ka tageen Rabbigii ahaa Ilaahii awowayaashood oo iyaga ka soo bixiyey dalkii Masar, oo waxay raaceen ilaahyo kale, kuwaasoo ahaa ilaahyadii dadkii iyaga ku wareegsanaa, wayna u sujuudeen; oo Rabbigana way ka xanaajiyeen. 13 Oo intay Rabbiga ka tageen ayay u adeegeen Bacal iyo Cashtarod. 14 Markaasaa cadhadii Rabbigu aad ugu kululaatay reer binu Israa'iil, oo wuxuu iyagii ku riday kuwii iyaga dhacay gacmahoodii, oo wuxuu ka iibiyey gacmihii cadaawayaashoodii ku wareegsanaa, sidaas daraaddeed mar dambe ma ay hor istaagi karin cadaawayaashooda. 15 Oo meel kasta oo ay tageenba gacanta Rabbigu dhib bay u ahayd, sidii Rabbigu ku hadlay, iyo sidii Rabbigu iyaga ugu dhaartay; oo iyana aad bay u dhibaataysnaayeen. 16 Markaasaa Rabbigu wuxuu kiciyey xaakinno iyaga ka badbaadiyey gacantii kuwii dhacayay. 17 Oo weliba xaakinnadoodiina ma ay dhegaysan, maxaa yeelay, ilaahyo kalay raaceen sidii naag ninkeedii ka dhillowday, wayna u sujuudeen; oo haddiiba gees bay uga leexdeen jidkii ay awowayaashood mareen iyagoo addeecaya amarradii Rabbiga; laakiinse iyagu sidaas ma ay yeelin. 18 Oo markii Rabbigu iyaga u kiciyey xaakinno ayuu Rabbigu la jiray xaakinkii, oo wakhtigii xaakinkii noolaa oo dhan wuxuu iyagii ka badbaadiyey gacantii cadaawayaashooda; waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu ka qoomamooday taahiddii ay ka taahayeen kuwii iyaga dulmay oo caddibay. 19 Oo haddana markii xaakinkii dhintay ayay dib u noqdeen, oo waxay ku kaceen wax ka sii xun wixii awowayaashood ay ku kici jireen, oo waxay raaceen ilaahyo kale inay u adeegaan oo ay u sujuudaan. Kama ay joogsan falimahoodii, iyo madax adkaantoodii. 20 Oo cadhadii Rabbigu aad bay ugu kululaatay reer binu Israa'iil, oo wuxuu yidhi, Quruuntanu way ku xadgudbeen axdigii aan ku amray awowayaashood, oo codkaygiina ma ay dhegaysan; 21 sidaas daraaddeed hadda ka dib ka eryi maayo hortooda mid ka mid ah quruumihii Yashuuca ka tegey markuu dhintay; 22 si aan iyaga ugu tijaabiyo reer binu Israa'iil bal inay xajiyaan oo ku socdaan jidka Rabbiga, sidii ay awowayaashood u xajiyeen iyo in kale. 23 Sidaas daraaddeed Rabbigu wuu daayay quruumahaas, oo degdegna uma eryin; oo weliba iyagii sooma uu gelin gacantii Yashuuca.

The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

The angel of the Lord(A) went up from Gilgal(B) to Bokim(C) and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt(D) and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors.(E) I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,(F) and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,(G) but you shall break down their altars.(H)’ Yet you have disobeyed(I) me. Why have you done this? And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;(J) they will become traps(K) for you, and their gods will become snares(L) to you.’”

When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(M) and they called that place Bokim.[a](N) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

Disobedience and Defeat(O)

After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance. The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.(P)

Joshua son of Nun,(Q) the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[b](R) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.(S) 11 Then the Israelites did evil(T) in the eyes of the Lord(U) and served the Baals.(V) 12 They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods(W) of the peoples around them.(X) They aroused(Y) the Lord’s anger(Z) 13 because they forsook(AA) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.(AB) 14 In his anger(AC) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(AD) of raiders who plundered(AE) them. He sold them(AF) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(AG) 15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(AH) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(AI)

16 Then the Lord raised up judges,[c](AJ) who saved(AK) them out of the hands of these raiders. 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted(AL) themselves to other gods(AM) and worshiped them.(AN) They quickly turned(AO) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.(AP) 18 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved(AQ) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented(AR) because of their groaning(AS) under those who oppressed and afflicted(AT) them. 19 But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt(AU) than those of their ancestors,(AV) following other gods and serving and worshiping them.(AW) They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn(AX) ways.

20 Therefore the Lord was very angry(AY) with Israel and said, “Because this nation has violated the covenant(AZ) I ordained for their ancestors and has not listened to me, 21 I will no longer drive out(BA) before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. 22 I will use them to test(BB) Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the Lord and walk in it as their ancestors did.” 23 The Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.(BC)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.
  2. Judges 2:9 Also known as Timnath Serah (see Joshua 19:50 and 24:30)
  3. Judges 2:16 Or leaders; similarly in verses 17-19